1614 Kroger, America's largest supermarket chain, shutters stores after Los Angeles passes +$5/hr hazard pay ordinance for essential workers (www.theguardian.com) ☭ Far-Left Media ☭ posted 20 days ago by Hanging_Chad 20 days ago by Hanging_Chad +1614 / -0 156 comments share 156 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (156) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 6 ▼ – -Lumenatra 6 points 20 days ago +6 / -0 "it's just $5 an hour". Times 250 makes that $2,4m* a year on added wages, or $800K per store. Don't know what the average profit of a supermarket is, but I can imagine $800K will bite quite a hole in that. *based on 40 hr/wk permalink save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – Perhelion 2 points 20 days ago +2 / -0 win/TheyDidTheMath permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – ComebackKing 1 point 20 days ago +1 / -0 But math is raycist permalink parent save report block reply
"it's just $5 an hour". Times 250 makes that $2,4m* a year on added wages, or $800K per store. Don't know what the average profit of a supermarket is, but I can imagine $800K will bite quite a hole in that.
*based on 40 hr/wk
win/TheyDidTheMath
But math is raycist